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MD Helicopters Move Likely
By: Mark Huber
Caption: Cushman and Wakefield, the real-estate firm hired by MD Helicopters parent company Patriarch Partners, has reportedly narrowed potential new sites for the 
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Cushman and Wakefield, the real-estate firm hired by MD Helicopters parent company Patriarch Partners, has reportedly narrowed potential new sites for the company down to four: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, North Texas Regional Airport, Shreveport Regional Airport and Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City. The company was expected to make a decision by late last month.The move is expected to affect 300 employees at MD’s current site, Falcon Field in Mesa, Ariz., as well as another 150 employees at Heritage Aviation, a Patriarch-owned helicopter completion and modification center located in Grand Prairie, Texas. Patriarch CEO Lynn Tilton said she wanted to co-locate the two companies at any potential new location. The relocation push started when MD was unable to negotiate a satisfactory rent increase abatement at its current plant site.